Switzerland has unveiled its new supercomputer 'Alps', one of the most powerful machines of its kind in the world. In the global supercomputer rankings published by Top 500 in June, 'Alps' came in ...

In Switzerland, they are melting at an alarming rate. The country’s glaciers lost 4% of their volume last year, second only to the record-setting 6% lost in 2022.

Scientists say 43 trillion miniature plastic particles land in Switzerland every year . Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent. Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Did you know the Rhine River is a major waterway in Europe? It’s about 540 miles long and carries chemicals from one-fifth of the world’s industries. Yet, the Swiss Alps are incredibly clean.

Two hikers trekking across the Italian Alps on snowshoes were killed when an avalanche crashed down the slope near the border with Switzerland on Sunday, rescue officials said. The avalanche was ...

The Transylvanian Alps provide visitors with abundant wildlife, UNESCO World Heritage sites, and quaint villages—without the crowds.

It was like the opening scene from Lost Horizon. En route from Munich to Marseilles, a U.S. Army Dakota plane had been caught in an Alpine downdraft, had crash-landed on the Wetterhorn, in a ...

The month before that, a shrinking glacier in Switzerland revealed the bodies of a frozen couple who went missing 75 years ago. Marcelin Dumoulin and his wife, Francine, were 40 and 37 years old ...

I learned to respect the power of nature in the shadow of Switzerland’s towering Jungfrau, just south of Interlaken in the Lauterbrunnen Valley.

Atop the white-capped Swiss Alps, giant fires blazed skyward. While church bells tolled and golden-tailed rockets sped through the night, gaily lighted boats, like graceful waltzers on a vast ...